10. They only have a limited amount of time to get their points across.
A.large
B.total
C.small
D.similar
A B C D
C
limited意为“有限的”，在这里可与small互换，a small amount of time意为“时间很短”。句子中的get across是一个固定短语，常用的意思有“越过，被理解”，large意为“大的”，total意为“总的，全部的，整个的”，similar意为“相似的，类似的”。
11. Such personal sacrifices, even if they are largely symbolic, help to create the sense of community and employee loyalty that is crucial to the Japanese way of doing business.
The Arctic is a polar region. It surrounds the North Pole. Like Antarctica, the Arctic is a land of ice and snow. Antarctica holds the record for a low temperature reading 125 Fahrenheit below zero. Readings of 85 degrees below zero are common in both the Arctic and Antarctica. Winter temperatures average 30 degrees below zero in the Arctic. At the South Pole the winter is about 73 degrees below zero. One thing alone makes it almost impossible for men to live in Antarctica and in parts of the Arctic. This one thing is the low temperature——the killing chill of the far North and the polar South. To survive, men must wear the warmest possible clothing. They must build windproof shelters. They must keep heaters going at all times. Not even for moment can they be unprotected against the below-zero temperature. Men have a way of providing for themselves. Polar explorers wrap themselves in warm coats and furs. The cold makes life difficult. But the explorers can stay alive. What about animals? Can they survive? Do we find plants? Do we find life in the Arctic and the Antarctica? Yes, we do. There is life in the oceans. There is life on land. Antarctica, as we have seen, is a cold place indeed. But this has not always been the case. Expedition scientists have discovered that Antarctica may have been much like our own. Explores have discovered coal in Antarctica. This leads them to believe that Antarctica at one time was a land of swamps and forests. Heat and moisture must have kept the trees in the forests alive.
1. As discovered by expedition scientists, Antarctica has not always been so cold as it is today, so has the Arctic.
1. With thousands of soldiers and war veterans parading across Moscow's Red Square and fighter jets screaming overhead, Russia celebrated the 60th anniversary of defeating Nazi Germany. More than 50 world leaders, including China's President Hu Jintao, attended the ceremony. 2. Speaking at the start of the parade, Russia's President Vladimir Putin praised all those who fought for freedom and independence. "The war shows that resorting to force to solve problems will result in tragedy for the world, so a peaceful order should be safeguarded (护卫) based on security, justice and cultural exchange," Putin said. "Faced with the real threat of terrorism today, we must remain faithful to the memory of our fathers. It is our duty to defend a world order based on security and justice and on a new culture of relations among nations that will not allow a repeat of any war, neither 'cold' nor 'hot'," he continued. 3. The Second World War is perhaps the most catastrophic (灾难性的) event that mankind has ever suffered. The war affected 80 percent of the world's people at that time, from 61 countries, and claimed 55 million lives. 4. After the celebration, President Hu said that peace, development and cooperation were the future. "China will unswervingly (坚定地) follow the road of peace and development and will make a joint effort with all nations to contribute to safeguarding world peace and promoting development," he said. 5. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder asked Russia for forgiveness for the suffering Germany inflicted (造成) during the Second World War in an article in Sunday's Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. "Today we ask forgiveness for the suffering inflicted upon the Russian people and other people at the hands of Germans and in the name of Germans," Schroeder said. 6. President Hu and the other leaders also joined a wreath (花圈)laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers on Monday. A. Pacific war B. Gloomy world C. Putin's commemorating speech D. China's determination E. Schroeder's plea for forgiveness F. World's worst disaster
1. Paragraph 2 ______
C
Putin是段落主题词。
2. Paragraph 3 ______
F
The Second World War is perhaps the most catastrophic(灾难性的)与F中的worst disaster呼应。
3. Paragraph 4 ______
D
有关中国的问题是该段主题内容。
4. Paragraph 5 ______
E
Schroeder和ask for forgiveness是段落主题词。German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder asked Russia for forgiveness(与E呼应)for the suffering Germany inflicted(造成)during the Second World War in an article in Sunday's Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.
A. an opening ceremony B. 61 countries C. a wreath laying ceremony D. the 60th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany E. the road of peace and development F. 55 million people of their lives
5. Russia celebrated ______.
D
第一段Russia celebrated the 60th anniversary of defeating Nazi Germany. More than 50 world leaders, including China's President Hu Jintao, attended the ceremony可以得知D为正确选项。
6. World War Two deprived ______.
F
第三段The Second World War is perhaps the most catastrophic (灾难性的) event that mankind has ever suffered. The war affected 80 per cent of the world's people at that time, from 61 countries, and claimed (deprive的近义词)55 million lives.
7. China pledges herself to follow ______.
E
第四段After the celebration, President Hu said that peace, development and cooperation were the future, “China will unswervingly(坚定地)follow the road of peace and development and will make a joint effort with all nations to contribute to safeguarding world peace and promoting development，” he said.
8. The world leaders finally attended ______.
C
文章结尾句容易设置考点，最后一段中President Hu and the other leaders also joined awreath (花圈) laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers Monday.
Experts Call for Local and Regional Control of Sites for Radioactive Waste
The withdrawal of Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a potential nuclear waste repository has reopened the debate over how and where to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste. In an article in the July 10 issue of Science, University of Michigan geologist Rodney Ewing and Princeton University nuclear physicist Frank yon Hippel argue that, although federal agencies should set standards and issue licenses for the approval of nuclear facilities, local communities and states should have the final approval on the siting of these facilities. The authors propose the development of multiple sites that would service the regions where nuclear reactors are located. "The main goal..., should be to provide the Unied States with multiple alternatives and substantial public involvement in an open siting and design process that requires acceptance by host communities and states," the authors write. Ewing and yon Hippel also analyze the reasons why Yucca Mountain, selected by Congress in 1987 as the only site to be investigated for long-term nuclear waste disposal, finally was shelved after more than three decades of often controversial debate. The reasons include the site's geological problems, management problems, important changes in the Environmental Protection Agency's standard, unreliable funding and the failure to involve local communities in the decision-making process. Going forward, efforts should be directed at locating storage facilities in the nation's northeastern, southeastern, mid-western and western regions, and states within a given region should be responsible for developing solutions that suit their particular circumstances. Transportation of nuclear waste over long distances, which was a concern with the Yucca Mountain site, would be less of a problem because temporary storage or geological disposal sites could be located closer to reactors. "This regional approach would be similar to the current approach in Europe, where spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste from about 150 reactors and reprocessing plants is to be moved to a number of geological repositories in a variety of rock types," said Rodney Ewing, who has written extensively about the impact of nuclear waste management on the environment and who has analyzed safety assessment criteria for the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
1. Which of the following words can best substitute the word "withdrawal" in the first paragraph?
A.Retirement.
B.Canceling.
C.Replaced.
D.Disposal.
A B C D
B
withdrawal是个多义词，在句子中的意思是“撤销”或“中止”。
2. According to Rodney Ewing and Frank von Hippel, where to locate nuclear facilities ______.
5. What is meant by "regional approach" as mentioned in the last paragraph?
A.Waste disposal sites are located close to reactors and in places suitable for the regional circumstances.
B.Geological repositories are located in a variety of rock types.
C.Spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste is moved to developing countries.
D.Waste disposal sites are located far away from reactors.
A B C D
A
This regional approach的意思是：地域性方法，指的是前一段中所表述的内容，即，地方政府应当考虑当地的特殊环境，为核废物的处置地选择负责。B、C和D的表述内容都是错误理解。
第二篇
The Problem Brought By Increasing Population
A very important world problem is the increasing number of people who actually inhabit this planet. The limited amount of land and land resources will soon be unable to support the huge population if it continues to grow at its present rate. So why is this huge increase in population taking place? It is really due to the spread of the knowledge and practice of what is becoming known as "Death Control". You have no doubt heard of the term "Birth Control". "Death Control" is something rather different. It recognizes the work of the doctors and scientists who now keep alive people who, not very long ago, would have died of a variety of then incurable diseases. Through a wide variety of technological innovations that include farming methods and the control of deadly diseases, we have found ways to reduce the rate at which we die. However, this success is the very cause of the greatest threat to mankind. If we examine the amount of land available for this ever-increasing population, we begin to see the problem. If everyone on the planet had an equal share of land, we would each have about 50,000 square meters. This figure seems to be quite encouraging until we examine the amount of usable land we actually have. More than three fifths of the world's land cannot produce food. Obviously, with so little land to support us, we should be taking great care not to reduce it further. But we are not! Instead, we are consuming its "capital'—its nonrenewable fossil fuels and other mineral deposits that took millions of years to form but which are now being destroyed in decades. We are also doing the same with other vital resources not usually thought of as being nonrenewable such as fertile soils, groundwater and the millions of other species that share the earth with us. It is a very common belief that the problems of the population explosion are caused mainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit their reproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important as the effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment, but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth as a whole.
1. According to the article, what contributes to the population increase?
5. What does "to limit their reproduction" in the last paragraph mean?
A.To control death
B.To produce less goods
C.To practice birth control
D.To increase
A B C D
C
上下文的语境为：“人们普遍认为，人口爆炸问题主要是贫困国家的穷人不知道______而造成的，但是，一个地区人口的实际数量与该地区人口对于自然的影响力不是对等的。”而to limit their reproduction是“控制繁殖”的意思，在这里即控制人口增长的意思，故答案为C。
第三篇
Wealth, Only Belonging to One Generation
The rich have traditionally passed their wealth on to their children. But an increasing number of billionaires are choosing not to. The reason? They want their children to live on themselves and not to turn into spoiled successors. Nicola Horlick or "supermum", a famous British billionaire, owing to the fact that she has high-flying jobs and five kids, has spent her career making a reported 250m pounds. She now seems determined to throw off large parts of it. She already gives away about 25% of her income each year; she has just revealed, in a report on the state of charity in the city, that she will not be leaving most of the remainder to her children. "I think it is wrong to give too much inherited wealth to children," Horlick told the report's authors. "I will not be leaving all my wealth to my children because that would just ruin their lives." She is by no means the first to go public with this conviction. Bill Gates has put an estimated $30billion into the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This was supplemented, in 2009, by another $24bn or so from his friend Warren Buffett. Buffett has always been colorful, quotably clear on where he stands. His daughter often tells a story of finding herself without change for a car parking ticket-her father lent her $20, then promptly made her write him a check. "To suggest that the children of the wealthy should be just as wealthy," he has said, "is like saying the members of America's 2004 Olympic team should be made up only of the children of the 1980 Olympic team." Anita Roddick, the late founder of the Body Shop, told her kids that they would not inherit one penny. The money that she made from the company would go into the Body Shop Foundation, which isn't one of those awful tax shelters, like some in America. It just functions to take the money and give it away.
1. The billionaires mentioned in the passage don't want to leave much of their wealth to their children because ______.
A.they prefer to give their wealth to charity
B.they want their business to go on healthily
C.they believe too much wealth will harm their children
D.they hope their children can make more money themselves
A B C D
C
由“They want their children to live on themselves and not to turn into spoiled successors.”可知，富人不想把遗产都留给孩子的原因是不想让孩子变成娇惯的继承人。故答案为C。
2. What do we learn about Nicola Horlick?
A.She has already given away about 25% of her wealth.
B.She is the first one who declares to give away her wealth.
C.She will leave only a small portion of her wealth to her kids.
D.She inherited most of her wealth from her parents.
A B C D
C
A项错，原因是不是她资产的25%，而是她每年收入(her income each year)的25%。B项由第二段最后一句判断错，因为“She is by no means the first to go public with this conviction.”可见她绝对不是第一个这么做的人。D项说她从父母那里继承了财产，是错的，文章第二段的第一句话提到：她有高收入的工作(high-flying job)，故答案为C。
3. Which of the following is TRUE about Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?
A.It has brought world-wide reputation to Bill Gates.
B.Both Bill Gates and Buffett have donated their money to it.
C.It was founded by Bill Gates and Buffett.
D.It has paid about $54 billion to the needed people in America.
The most common kind of consolidation today is the merger. A merger occurs 1 With the deregulation of natural gas, the nation's 20 interstate pipeline companies became fearful of cutthroat competition. Some felt that they could increase their efficiency and improve their market flexibility by merging. In 1985 Internorth of Omaha paid $2.3 billion for Houston Natural Gas Corporation, 2 . The system connected markets from coast to coast and raised sales to $10 billion. On occasion, mergers have occurred between smaller companies in an industry dominated by a few giant firms. These smaller companies claim that they need to merge to become more efficient and effective in competing against the biggest corporations. They maintain that such action increases competition instead of reducing it. The Antitrust Division of the Justice Department has not always agreed with them. Four major waves of mergers have taken place in this country. The first started in 1887, just prior to the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and ended in 1904. It involved such giants as United States Steel and Standard Oil trying to create monopolies in their industries. From the end of World War I until the 1930s, large firms swallowed smaller firms to create oligopolies. The monopoly had no chance and the oligopoly little chance of succeeding today under present antitrust policy. The third major merger movement began in the 1960s, reached a peak in 1969, 3 . Many of the acquisitions involved giant firms in one industry buying up large companies in totally unrelated industries. Such mergers are called conglomerate mergers. A classic example is Mobil Oil Corporation's purchase of the huge retail chain Montgomery Ward ＆ Company. Mergers in the last ten years were in the thousands. More important is the value of the transactions, which has risen sharply. The number of mergers and acquisitions apply 4 . The petroleum industry had mergers and acquisitions valued at closed to $80 billion between 1981 and 1984. Other industries 5 were banking and finance, insurance, mining and mineral, processed foods. A. thereby gaining control of the world's longest pipeline B. and then gradually declined C. experiencing large takeovers D. resulting in combinations of small firms E. only to those valued at $100 million or more F. when two or more companies get together to form one company
Nuclear energy is an efficient and convenient substitute for conventional forms of energy which were found in special geographical locations. Large amounts of 1 and effort are required to 2 these locations. Once the sites are found, men and equipment must be brought to tap and use these sources of energy. However, a large proportion of such sites are found only in far and 3 places. This increases the difficulties of 4 these forms of energy. With nuclear energy, such difficulties are not present. Nuclear reactors can easily be built anywhere, and man does not have to compete with the 5 of nature in order to obtain the energy. For equal amounts of energy, nuclear energy is much more convenient and inexpensive to obtain than conventional sources of energy. With nuclear energy, the amount of pollution is greatly reduced. 6 the production of nuclear energy is based on the fission (裂变)of atoms, pollution is kept to a very low level. The energy produced in the reactors is converted into heat and electricity, and these have 7 or no pollution at all. Conventional forms of fuel, 8 , produce large amounts of pollution. Production of nuclear energy uses the 9 of the fission of atoms; thus, 10 amounts of energy can be obtained from it. The world's reserves of oil, coal and natural gas are running 11 at a tremendous rate and current estimates predict that 12 of the 21st century, most of these conventional fuels will be used up. Nuclear energy is the exception 13 this gloomy prediction. Through splitting and fusing atoms, large amounts of energy can be produced, and 14 this process can go on and on until all our energy needs are satisfied. The 15 of nuclear energy as boundless source of energy is indeed great, and we must harness it whenever possible as conventional fuels will not be around much longer.
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